Electrical accidents are preventable if you know what to do…

Here's your chance to apply what you've been learning on this site to become a safety sleuth. Study the clues below and see if you can figure out what happened. Write up a scenario describing how the accident took place, and state what the boy could have done to avoid it. Then, read the story and learn what to do if you are ever in a similar situation.

 

The remains of a brush fire A boulder with a fallen power line draped on it and touching the scorched ground An unconscious, injured boy lying nearby Several thousand people without electrical power

 

 

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